After noting to musicradar.com that he hopes "whatever is in the White House next year is a Republican," Mustaine listed off the negatives of the last candidates standing in the GOP field. He expressed concern about how former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made so much money and called former House Speaker Newt Gingrich an "angry little man." He also voiced some skepticism about some of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's political positions.

Then Mustaine got around to Santorum:

"Earlier in the election, I was completely oblivious as to who Rick Santorum was, but when the dude went home to be with his daughter when she was sick, that was very commendable. Also, just watching how he hasn't gotten into doing these horrible, horrible attack ads like Mitt Romney's done against Newt Gingrich, and then the volume at which Newt has gone back at Romney... You know, I think Santorum has some presidential qualities, and I'm hoping that if it does come down to it, we'll see a Republican in the White House... and that it's Rick Santorum."

In any case, Mustaine may be the first musician of note to endorse Santorum, but he isn't the first to weigh in on this year's crop of candidates Here's a sampling of the politicians other musicians are backing during the 2012 presidential contest.

While Kid Rock probably can't be counted as an active presidential endorser, he did allow Romney to use the song "Born Free" as a campaign anthem.

"I said he could use it and I would say the same for any other candidate," Kid Rock said in a statement. "I have to have a little faith that every candidate feels like he or she can help this country. Without faith, we got nothing."

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